07 — The Myrrh-Gusher

The cult that made Nemanja a saint. This section — the collection’s attestation-pinning flagship — treats the myrrh reported to flow from Simeon’s tomb, the epithet it gave him, St. Sava’s translation of the relics home to Studenica in 1206/07 and the reconciliation of the warring brothers over the tomb, and the living Athonite traditions of the vine of Hilandar and its intercession for the childless. Every miraculous claim is pinned to its earliest named, dated attestation and reported as such, not asserted as documented twelfth-century fact.

Tradition: Serbian Orthodox

Contents

• The Relics and the Translation to Studenica — the myrrh from the tomb, the epithet Myrrh-streaming, and Sava’s translation of the relics to Studenica (1206/07) that reconciled Stefan and Vukan.
• The Vine and the Myrrh — the grapevine of Hilandar growing from Simeon’s empty tomb, the intercession for childless couples, and the myrrh-gushing tradition, pinned as living Athonite tradition under §3.5.

See Also

• Hilandar and the Death Before the Hodegetria — the death and burial from which the cult grew
• The Sources — the Lives that attest the miracles
• St. Sava: The Cult of Symeon — how Sava built the cult